Re: Enum list

From:
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:05:04 -0400
Message-ID:
<iml6bf$3u6$1@news.albasani.net>
Merciadri Luca wrote:

I've got a State enum defined in a separate State.java file (just like
a class):


You have a class defined in a source file just like a class.

==
public static enum State {
         DEAD, LIVING
             }


What errors do you get when you compile this class?

==
I need to access State.DEAD and State.LIVING. To achieve this, I use
simply State.DEAD and State.LIVING, just like I would expect it to be.

However, I get

==
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at Tableau.createRandom(Tableau.java:25)
==
where my L.25 uses State.DEAD.


http://sscce.org/

I don't understand the problem as it is the way it is documented on
various websites. Is there a way to debug this or is there another
(maybe more correct) way to achieve this?


How can anyone else understand it if you won't share the relevant information?

I might give more info on my code but
* it would be useless as I verified the rest of the potential
problems;
* I can't give too much info because I'm working on a univ. project.


Pathetic excuses.

You can give simplified examples, and you can accept that everyone, including
your classmates, has a right to public information in a public forum.

You can accept also that if you won't give information, you're wasting
everyone's time including your own with your questions. After a while we'll
all get the message that you ask useless questions in full knowledge that you
will never provide us enough data to help you, that you refuse to fix the
situation, and that you are somewhat dishonest toward your fellow students.
Then we'll simply stop responding to you at all.

So, prevent all that bullshit from happening and follow the advice at
http://sscce.org/, or we say, "Buh-bye."

--
Lew
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